Brake-beam.



WQ E. POWLER, JR.

BRAKE BEAM.

APPLICATION FILED Nom 7, 1910.

Patented May 2, 1911.

dime/55 6,'

' UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

WILLIAM E. FOWLER, J R., OF HAMMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO. SIMPLEX RAILWAY APPLIANCEvCOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION F ILLINOIS.

` BRAKETBEAM.

Specification of Letters Patent. y

' Application led November 7, 1910. Serial No. 591,174.

To all whom it 'may concern.'

Be 1t known that I, WILLIAM E. FoWLEn,

.Tr., a citizen yof the United States, and

residing at Hammond, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brake- Beams, of which the following is a specifi cation.

' ing strength may b e secured within the limited space allowed for such locking means. A further Objectis the provision of locking means which shall at the same time be adapted to revent the withdrawal of the head until te brake shoe mounted on the face of said head, including the fastening pin therefor, are removed.

This invention is an improvement-upon the form .of adjustable brake head-shown in my Patents No. 906,213, dated December 8, 1,908 and No. 920,944, dated May 11, 1909.`

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the .accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my novel brake head; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3--3 of Fig. l, and Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views of the locking and wedge.

blocks respectively.

Referrin more particularly to the drawings, it willbe seen that a sleeve 10, having the usual opening therethrough for the ac* commodation of the end of a channel compression member and rod tension member (not shown) is provided with discontinuous,

Vperipheral grooves 11, 12, within one of which isa apted to be seated a lookin block 13, having an upper portion 14., curve to thev'radius of the sleeve. The lower por- .tilon'l isangular and wedge shaped,]a recess 116l being provided in order Ito "reduce the weight as wellajw reduce friction between the co-acting parts. It will be seen that I leave an end wall 17, the purpose of which will be later described. The `brake headhas the usual coniguration on its face, the body portion 18 being, however, split as shown in my original Patent No. 906,213.

Patented Maya, 1911.

An opening 19 isfprovided through the face of the brake head through which the Wedge block 20 is entered. This block 20 is provided with an upper wedge surface 21,

formed at an angle equal to that of the surface 15 on the part 13.. The lower portion of the block 20 is provided with a groove 22, having an enlarged portion 23, within which is adapted to be seated the T-head 24, of a bolt 25. A nut-T26, threaded on the end of the bolt'25, provides the Ameans for drawing the parts into locking relationV with the sleeve 10. Y

If desired, the surface 14.-, of the bottom of the groove l1, in the part 10, may be corrugated or roughened, althoughy I 'do not deem this essential in the operation of my device. Q l

y It `will be seen thata new locking laction is secured by the operation of parts as herein shown ;V that is, a combined actionof expansion and contraction. Assuming the parte in thelooseposition, by tightening theA nut 26, the bolt and the wedge block' 20 are drawn against the wedge surface of the block 13, this causing the pure wedging action of the parts against the sleeve. While this tightening is going on, the nut 26 will alsotend to tighten the split portion of the head around the sleeve thus securing `the advanltage of friction over the entire surface of the said sleeve. As will nowv be seen, it becomes necessary to entirely remove the locking block 20 and bolt 25 from 'thehead through .the opening 19, before the locking block 13 may descend fai' enough :to allow the head to be removed from the sleeve.' Therefore if the nut 26 should become lost the head could notcoine ofl from the sleeve as long as the brake shoe and key were in place upon the'- l y said head. I therefore consider that have devised a construction which will at all times prevent the accidental removal of the head from the beam.

Inasniuch as various mtidications 1 will j readily suggest themselves*` to those skilled in the art, I donot wish tobe limited to the" precise constructionherein slhgwn and described.,

I claim: y

l. In a device of the character' described, thecombinationfof a brake beam, a brake head angularly adjustable thereon, a plurality of separate means to hold said head in adjusted position, and -a common positive operating means for all of said holding l means, substantially as described.

fio'

2. A brake beam comprising in combination an end portion, a brakehead angularlyY adjustable thereon, Wedge means mounted within said head and means whereby said head may be tightened upon said end portion.simultaneously 'with the operation of said wedge means, substantially as described.

3. A brake beam comprising an end member, a split brake head rotatably mountedl thereon,'wedge means mounted -Within said head, and `means for tightening said head on said end member and operating said wedge means, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the character described,

the combination of a brake beam, a split 'brake head angnlarly adplsted thereon, a

locloblock adapted. to hold said brake head in adjusted position, a Wedge to operate said lock-block and actuating means to move said wedge, said Wedge and actuating means beingv also adapted to 'contract' the head in holding engagement on'thebeam, substan- -tially as described. f

5l In a'device of the character described, thegeombin'ation-of a recessed brake beam, afsplit brake head angularly adjusted thereand have -:frictiona-l..engagement with said beam, a Wedge tooperate 4said lock-block and means to actuate said Wedge, said w edge and its actuating means operating also to contract the split head on the beam, substantially as described.

on, a lock-block adapted to enter said recess.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of a recessed brake beam, a split brake head angularly adJustcd thereon,

a lock-block adapted to enter said recess and by engagement with the beam hold the head in adjusted position and adapted also to preventl longitudinal shifting of the head, operating means to force said lock-block into holding engagement with the beam and to contractthe head' on the beam, said lockblock being prevented from leaving said recess so'long as sai-d operating means is in position, substantially as described.

7. In a deviee'pf the character described,V

the combination of a recessed brake beam, a split brake head angnlarly adjusted thereon. a leek-block adapted to enter said recess and prevent vwithdrawal of the head vfrom the beam so long as it-v remains in said recess, said lock'block being adapted to bear against said brake beam and hold the. head in adjusted position, and operating'means to engage said loek-blockand contract said head upon said beam, said. operating means being .prevented from shifting sulliciently by the ,means, substantially as described.

WILLIAM E, Witnesses;

JOHN W. MArrnLaNn, CARL E. BAUER.

FoWLnn, JR. 

